He was voted first-team All-Pro once and to two Pro Bowls, but following the 1969 season Jefferson began to test Coach Chuck Noll, and once Noll decided he wasn't going to put up with Jefferson any longer, the trade was made. In 5 seasons with the Steelers, Jefferson played in 65 regular season games, 56 of which were starts, and he had 199 catches for 3,671 yards (18.4 average) and 29 touchdowns. 4 draft pick acquired in the trade was used on defensive end Dwight White, an original member of the Steel Curtain and a player who retired with 4 Super Bowl rings.
While Richardson never would play a regular season down for the Steelers (more on that shortly), that No. RODGER SHAFFER FROM PLUM, PA: Looking back at the trades of wide receivers Chase Claypool, Martavis Bryant, and Antonio Brown, have the Steelers ever traded a wide receiver that actually worked out for the other team?ĪNSWER: One trade of a wide receiver that worked out in the way you describe came in 1970 when the Steelers traded Roy Jefferson to the Baltimore Colts for veteran wide receiver Willie Richardson and a fourth-round pick in the 1971 NFL Draft.
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